UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
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FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVINGS 37 OF 10th AUGUST 1988
INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE: LONDONAND HANOI
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES/VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (VIIS)/ EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS)
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OUR SAVINGS TELEGRAM 35 REFERS.
WEEKLY SITUATION AS AT 0900 HOURS ON 9 AUGUST 1988.
ARRIVALS
1.
SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY
ON 16 JUNE 1988, 7,246 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED
IN 231 BOATS. AMONG THEM, 306 ARRIVED IN 13 BOATS IN THE
PAST WEEK.
AMONG THESE NEW ARRIVALS, THERE ARE AT PRESENT 7,254
BOAT PEOPLE AWAITING DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS.
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
+3/9
HKD 24.3
25 AUG 1982
on
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
2.
NO. REMAINING IN HONG KONG
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURE IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CENTRE
2,636
(2,638)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
2
(--)
C.
UNDER DETENTION (IN CLOSED CENTRES)
13,279
(13,271)
D. TOTAL
15.917
(15,909)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
WHO HAVE COME TO HONG KONG SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CLOSED CENTRE
POLICY ON 2.7.82 AND BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON
16 JUNE 1988. THE ABOVE FIGURES EXCLUDE SHIP RESCUE AND RASRO TRANSIT
CENTRE CASES.
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